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Metaprogramming in C#

Metaprogramming in C#

By : Einar Ingerbrigsten
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Metaprogramming in C#

Metaprogramming in C#

4.8 (6)
By: Einar Ingerbrigsten

Overview of this book

Metaprogramming is an advanced technique that helps developers to automate repetitive tasks, generate scalable code, and enhance productivity in software development. Metaprogramming in C# is a comprehensive guide that will help you reap the full potential of metaprogramming in .NET runtime. You’ll start by learning about the .NET runtime environment and how you can use it to become a more productive developer. You'll learn how to infer types using reflection, use attributes, and create dynamic proxies. You’ll also explore the use of expressions to create and execute code and how to take advantage of Dynamic Language Runtime. But that's not all! You’ll also learn to go beyond inheritance and use method signature conventions to create easily maintainable code. Finally, you’ll dive into the world of compiler magic with Roslyn, where you'll discover how to use Roslyn to generate code, perform static code analysis, and write your own compiler extensions. By the end of this book, you’ll have a deep understanding of metaprogramming concepts and how to apply them to your C# code. You’ll be able to think about types, use attributes and expressions to generate code, and apply crosscutting concerns to improve code quality.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
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Part 1:Why Metaprogramming?
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Part 2:Leveraging the Runtime
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Part 3:Increasing Productivity, Consistency, and Quality
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Part 4:Compiler Magic Using Roslyn

ASP.NET controllers

Being explicit with registering artifacts of your application is very common among different frameworks. Discovering the artifacts and just doing an automated self-registration of them is becoming more popular. But it’s very common that you will have to go and explicitly add everything manually.

Although it is very clear what is going on with these registrations, the downside of manual registration is that you are basically adding code that is not directly contributing to the business value you’re trying to achieve. It is also code that is highly repeatable and tends to end up in large files with all the initialization going on.

For instance, with ASP.NET Core 6 we got a brand-new minimal API, which is designed to have a smaller footprint and less ceremony to get started. You can start creating a Web API with three lines of setup code and then add your API as HTTP methods with routes at will.

This is all fine and dandy, but can quite easily...

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